Alkali surfactant gas injection: Attractive laboratory results under the harsh salinity and temperature conditions of middle east carbonates

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2012, ADIPEC 2012 - Sustainable Energy Growth: People, Responsibility, and Innovation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 2542-2554

  Cottin, C ^a   Morel, D ^a   Levitt, D ^a   Cordelier, P ^a   Pope, G ^b  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOAM CONTROL; GASOLINE; MICROEMULSIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL FORMULATION; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84879458610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161727-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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